Neal Stephenson Out-Trolls Slashdot on the Second Amendment and Perl Scripts

Neal Stephenson responds with wit and humor (2004)

In a 2004 Slashdot interview, Neal Stephenson answers reader questions with wit and insight. He argues that the Second Amendment was written for flintlocks, not Perl scripts, and that code is better protected by the First Amendment. He also explains why sci-fi writers get little respect: the literary world splits authors into 'Beowulf writers' (commercial) and 'Dante writers' (literary), a divide rooted in accountability.